Jersey Sun Tan Line Warriors

From Single by Bryon Bowers

Went Canoeing for the Day

Words by Bryon Bowers

Bill and Mary Ellen Floating' in a Little Canoe Down a Lazy Jersey Stream Drinking Coors and Seagrams Too Got me sitting' in the middle Pretending not to see Girls On the shore Tops Toppled off Fighting with their Sun Tan lines [Chorus] Sand on my Ham and May-O Swig of Seagrams Smell of Banana Boat Feel of the Ocean Air This Texas Boy's Freezing Dandy Girls On the shore Tops Toppled off Fighting with their Sun Tan lines I was Swimming in the Jersey Ocean Saw some Girls Floating' by… Started Paddling' on my boogie board I was a slowly moving asteroid… Trying to get into their orbit… I was awkward and a little scared... I said "Howdy, how do you do?" with my best southern drawl. They said "We're just dandy" "Where are you from?" I said "I'm a Texas Boy freezing my ass off" [Chorus] She asked if everyone rode horses I said Yes, we surely do. She asked if tumbleweed Was everywhere I said as far as the eye can see She asked if I had a cowboy hat I said I left it in Texas She asked if everything was Bigger There I said "Not when it's this cold" [Chorus] At this point I realized I was colder than I'd ever been My teeth were attempting to eat my tongue They had grown a mind of their own I said "Ladies, it was nice to meet you" "But I think I need to goes, cause I can't feel my toes…" My boogie board was swift and fast I was hoping my warmth would last Finally on the shore That day I swam no more… [Chorus]
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